SeekerMonster Hunter Rise
Monster Hunter makes a triumphant return to portable hardware with Monster Hunter Rise on the Nintendo Switch, which builds on the open-world design of 2018’s Monster Hunter World.
-- As reviewed by The Verge
Product details
- The debut of the new “wirebug” mechanic allows for wire-based grappling actions that can be used to scale cliffs and other hard-to-reach areas, providing new traversal and aerial attack options.
- The game will introduce magnamalo, a menacing new flagship monster, as well as other new monsters like the shape-shifting aknosom, the amphibious tetranadon, and more.
- New hunting partners called palamutes can be personalized and used to ride across the terrain, providing players with all-new traveling and attack options.
- In addition to the plethora of solo and multiplayer quests, the immersive story mode will task aspiring hunters with discovering the secrets behind the puzzling “rampage” events that threaten kamura village.
- Play solo, or join up to three other hunters in local or online co-op play. The Nintendo Switch system also allows for hunting anywhere, anytime and with anyone!
PROS
+ More accessible than previous games
+ Gorgeous graphics, consistent framerate
+ Wirebugs/Palamutes are excellent
CONS
- Some toned-down mechanics
- Lack of a distinct end-game
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Expert reviews and ratings
By The Verge on March 26, 2021
Monster Hunter makes a triumphant return to portable hardware with Monster Hunter Rise on the Nintendo Switch, which builds on the open-world design of 2018’s Monster Hunter World.
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By IGN on March 23, 2021
Monster Hunter Rise mixes classic Monster Hunter ideas with some of World’s best improvements and a whole bunch of clever new mechanics of its own. Not all of them are slam dunks, but they are all fun – and the introduction of Wirebugs and the mobility they bring to every fight is so great I never want to give them up. The post-launch updates Capcom is already teasing can’t come soon enough, but Monster Hunter Rise is still a thrilling step forward in the series’ evolution toward the new normal World so boldly introduced.
80
By TechRadar on March 23, 2021
An essential Switch experience and an impressive – if diluted – Monster Hunter experience that adds new mechanics to the already burgeoning toolset whilst creating fresh, fun experiences for newcomers and series veterans alike.
80